What will the upcoming GREEN HORNET film starring Seth Rogen and written by Rogen and Evan Goldberg be like? Well, based on the duo’s previous SUPERBAD and the new PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, which we saw at a screening the other night, it will be very funny, loosely structured, have gaping plot holes as setups for scenes where male characters have long, pot-fueled conversations about loving one another, be edited quite clumsily, and end up making you like everyone in it very much. If it’s like PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, it will also have moments of inappropriate graphic violence which clash jarringly with the general whimsical fantasy of a film where a man takes two slugs to the abdomen and then walks around for two days. BUT ANYWAY, Splash Page has some actual comments from Rogen himself:

In a sit-down with MTV News, co-writer Rogen (who will also play the film’s titular role) spilled more info about the upcoming feature film, which he hopes to be a healthy balance of comedy and action. “I think the tone is very real, but the relationships in the movie are where we try to draw our comedy from,” explained Rogen. “I think it’s somewhere in a ‘True Lies’ type world almost, with big exciting action but the relationships are all very personal, and that’s where a lot of the comedy comes from.”

“Personal relationships,” in case you are a slow reader, is code for “long, pot fueled conversations about men loving one another.”

The movie is due to start shooting next February, but Rogen is already hitting the gym. He says: “I lost a little weight… I have a personal trainer now… it’s really hard. I exercised to the point where he made me throw up.

Amazing … after the success of movies like IRON-MAN and DARK KNIGHT, the studio for the GREEN HORNET wants to go the comedy route on this? Methinks this is the result of having a multi-picture deal with someone, and they’ve got the ability to say, “I want that project!”

It’s too bad that, in all liklihood, nobody involved with this knows anything about the Hornet. If you go the RKO route, this could be a film with a small budget that packs a film noir wallop.

The success of adventure-stories done “straight” (to use the term very precisely) has never stopped comedians and ironists from trying to jump on the box-office bandwagon.

Back in the 60s, when Bond was king, semi-respected director Joseph Losey made a film of the spy comic MODESTY BLAISE. He stated later that he found the source material boring, but was clearly hoping for a mainstream hit. (He failed, BTW.) I will say that his film, ironically poised though it was, still has its fans.

It couldn’t get any worse for this great character and property than to have someone like this writing, and starring in this film.
I don’t seem to remember much comedy (especially like the comedy mentioned in the article or quotes) in any version of the Green Hornet.

If this isn’t the best, most serious regurgitation of the Green Hornet, exactly replicating the version that exists in my head including that side adventure with his best friend and fellow crimefighter Renato Spurgeonato, and if it doesn’t have someone that’s a better fighter than Bruce Lee as Kato and if it somehow fails to have at least three actors that die between filming and release, I’m going to be PISSED.

Greeeeaaat. You know, I actually dug Seth Rogen in Freaks & Geeks, but I am not interested in yet another movie with (probably) annoying, shrill, one-note female characters. ’cause “Pineapple Express” was the one-notiest. We don’t even know what happened to the girl as of the credits rolling. & Lenore Case was hardly front & center in the Green Hornet..

A better fighter than Bruce Lee? Tom, prepare to be pissed..I’m not even sure that’s possible..;)